G03B 13/36
Autofocus systems
G03B13/36 (Autofocus systems) appears on 2,826 US grants and 3,442 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G03B- Granted patents
- 2,826
- Published applications
- 3,442
- Assignees
- 473
- Inventors
- 3,492
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 3 |
| 2002 | 19 | 11 |
| 2003 | 7 | 6 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9 |
| 2005 | 11 | 22 |
| 2006 | 11 | 52 |
| 2007 | 12 | 69 |
| 2008 | 14 | 99 |
| 2009 | 56 | 97 |
| 2010 | 84 | 85 |
| 2011 | 69 | 136 |
| 2012 | 102 | 119 |
| 2013 | 116 | 133 |
| 2014 | 144 | 110 |
| 2015 | 120 | 206 |
| 2016 | 170 | 137 |
| 2017 | 159 | 136 |
| 2018 | 123 | 182 |
| 2019 | 170 | 246 |
| 2020 | 192 | 290 |
| 2021 | 199 | 270 |
| 2022 | 244 | 255 |
| 2023 | 227 | 242 |
| 2024 | 219 | 216 |
| 2025 | 200 | 189 |
| 2026 | 130 | 122 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Driving mechanism6 Oct 2026US 12,754,390 B2Actutek Corporation
- Imaging lens module and electronic device29 Sep 2026US 12,748,341 B2Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Camera module29 Sep 2026US 12,748,342 B2LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Determining image-capture settings29 Sep 2026US 12,750,576 B2QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Camera actuator22 Sep 2026US 12,743,004 B2LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Lens driving device and camera assembly8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310048 A1Xiamen Zhonghui Microelectronics Co., Ltd
- Learning-Based Camera Autofocus Prediction for Sparse Phase Detection Imaging Sensors8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313231 A1Google Inc.
- Camera driving device and camera system1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299251 A1AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
- Optical apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299377 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Lens apparatus and image pickup apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299378 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hall-effect based linear motor controller1,018US 8,084,969 B2Allegro MicroSystems, LLC · 2011
- Imaging terminal having focus control542US 8,692,927 B2Hand Held Products, Inc. · 2014
- Two-dimensional imager with solid-state auto-focus496US 8,988,590 B2Intermec IP Corp. · 2015
- Compact camera optics188US 9,025,073 B2Nan Chang O-Film Optoelectronics Technology Ltd · 2015
- Auto optical focus detecting device and eye direction detecting optical system159US 5,291,234 AAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha · 1994